[Shop-talk] Chuck keeps falling off of drill press.

[Ronnie Day]

Loctite may offer something that'll help. Other than that you might see
what a machine shop would charge to cut and thread the shaft to let you use
a screw on chuck. Loctite should definitely work then.


On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Doug Braun <doug at dougbraun.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a small cheapo Chinese drill press.  The output shaft
> has just a taper to hold the chuck in place, with no screw or anything
> to positively keep the chuck from coming off.  Every now and then the chuck
> falls off, especially when a drill starts to grab the work.
>
> Is there any trick to make it stay on?  I am thinking of just cleaning
> it well and using crazy glue...
>
> Thanks,
> Doug
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